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WARPING AND BALLING MAGHINE.,

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* 'i i UNITED STATES i To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EPHRAIM E. ORRLLL',vv

PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRAIM n. QRRELL, on WARE, MASSACHUSETTS, Assienoa'ro THEoTis COMPANY, on sAMnPLAcE. y

" VwARPlNc ANDBALLING M'CHINE. v'

SPECIFICATION forming part afnemers Patent No. 385164, dated Apm 157, laas.f f

' Application nien rune 22,1885. serialnmlsoaa. Y(No model.) r Y of Ware, Hampshire county, State of Massachusetts, have invented' Improvementsfin Warping and Balling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in certain combinaf tions aud arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

' Figure lrepresents my invention as ap-v plied to a warping and balling machine in a perspective View. Fig. 2 shows portions of D3, and creel 0,'ot` well-known construction.'

The yarn or thread from the spools in creel C passes under roll D3, over r'oll D', and under roll D2, through drop-hooks of usual construction, to the leasing apparatus,A and over the measuring-wheel H to the balling-roll J. The roll D is mounted in` a frame, D, adapted to slide in vertically-arranged grooves formed in a part of the framing of the machine. Cords or chains Dtare'attached tothe lower'partof the frameD andY run over pulleys secured to the .upper part of the frame-work A, being provided with 'counter-weights D5, whichv tend -to raise thisy frame Vto its' highestposition, but

it is normally held depressed by the tension o f the passing yarn. l., n i

The adjustment ofycountenweight to tension is such that upon the slightest tendency of the latter to slacken, the roll rises and maintains thetension practically uniform.

To the frame carrying the roll D' is attached a telescopic arm or lever, K,`composed of a tubular portion, lasecured upon the'rock-shaft K5, kand a slidingv portion, k', inserted within the portion 7c and pivotally attached at its outer end to the frame D. This lever, acting, through the arm K', rod K2, lever K3, link K4, bar N, and Wedge-block N', upon the stud or roll M on the vertically-sliding bar M, causes this bar to rise and fall with the roll D. The' .ing-mill, advantagesfare obtained over brakes'- gravity alo nev,.v or its movement may be rmade by means of spring M3.

PadsMof suitable material, are attachedto thebar-M, and are` so arranged ras to come into contactvwith the edges of the spoolsMi, f and bytheir flexibility exert a varying press vure and avarying degree of resistancato the turning ofthe spools as the barrises and falls. If then there occur any material diminution in the tensionfof the passing yarn, the roll D',v rises,and the br'alrepads M2 are applied, causing the spools to turn with a sufficiently-inmore positive .i

creased resistancev to counteract the slackening tendency. This tendency may arise from'several causes, one of which is the difference in diameter between a full and an emptyor partlyemptied spool. Another is the' continuing to v warping-mill has stopped.:A Inl this casethe brake is' suddenly applied-itc its full extent, acting tol produce a'prompt full stop. f 7

'turn ofthe spools by momentum Vafter lthe y By the employment of a frictlon-brakeupon f the spools, whichis actuated by variation of tension in the yarn passing through thewarp-V operated by other known means, inasmuchas ence due to drawing yarn from full andpartly- `slac'kness is not only prevented at the moment of stopping the machine, butalso the differf 1 -r 8o ever is [prevented bythe described means of` operating the spool-brakes. This results iniimproved quality'as well as in increased quantity of work from the'higher speed at which.,

the Vmachinery may be safely run. l /The yarn G from the'spools on the ycreci,

.after passing thefrolls, as described, and the drop-hooks, of well-known construction and purpose, passes throughthe eyes of a 'setof ncedles, E, Fig; 2, each thread orv group of threadshaving itsseparatene'cdle. i Thenee v dles must be loosely set in a rsupport. and 'capable of anupward and downwardA movement in this support. A"convenient-forn1`of con struction lfor the-needles'is shown in'Fig. 4, l

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the framing of the machine.` Y The body of the needles is made rectangular, and the plates are perforated in a corresponding shape to loosely hold and guide them, a shoulder, E', preventing them from dropping through.

Below the needles is a polygonal roller, F, composed of a set ot" vperforated plates, f, and suitably journaled in the bars F', which slide vertically in waysf, secured to the frame A. Links or connecting-rods F connect these bars with cranks F, carried by the shaft F3, which is provided with a hand-wheel, Y, by which it :may be rotated. The connecting-rods F* extend beyond their point of'attachment to the cranks, and are formed vinto hooks F5, which, when the cranks are turned up to raise the roller F and pass slightly beyond their highest point, come into engagement with the shaft F3 and prevent the roller from descending, as shown in Fig. 3.

In use the plates are so adjusted that when raised they encounter the ends of the suspended needles, and where not perforated push them up; but if a perforation agreesin position with a needle the latter enters and the plate passes up, leaving the needle in its normal position. A hand-wheel, X, enables the roller to be turned, so as to present either of the plates fat will.

The practical operation of the described devices is that by the raising of needles in groups corresponding to the pattern perforatedin the plates certain portions of the yarn are raised, forming an opening or shed enabling the leases to be made. In this way I produce all kinds of web drawers and beamers1 leases and still make a beerless skein, as every thread may run through a separate eye, as hereinbefore stated, the difficulties encountered in known methods from twisted beers are entirely obviated, and I can produce a full score of leases without rethreading, which is an advantage not aorded by previous devices.

The needle E, Fig. 4, is pointed at E3 to readily enter the perforations in the plate f, described, `is provided with a shoulder at E to properly hang in box L, and has an eye at E to normally hold the thread passed therethrough in a proper relation to other parts of the mechanism or apparat-us. As a part of the machine I include a measuring apparatus intermediate in the process between 'the aforedescribed leasing devices and the hailing-rolls, by means of which,when a given length of yarn has passed through,the machine may be automatically stopped, or a cut-marker may be set into operation, or any other device for indicatinglengths be putinto action. By means of this measuring apparatus, in connection with and as a part of a warping-machine, I am enabledV to automatically govern the length of a cut and ofa warp or skein, to stop the machine at any predetermined lirnit, and to set into operation' any of the wellknown devices for indicating the ylength of a cut by marking or staining the yarn.

' This apparatus is shown in part in its relation ber of revolutions, and these revolutions are transmitted to worm-wheels B -B by Worms H H2 upon the axle of the wheel H. Upon vthe same axle as the worm-wheels are sprocket or chain wheels B5, upon which are hung the endless chains Bz B6. Each chain is provided with a projecting link, Ba BT, acting as a tappet and adjusted to come into contact with and to operate bell-crank levers BS, only one of which is shown. These levers are connected by rods or wires to such parts of the machine as they are intended to put into operation-for instance, to-a trigger which sets into action an automatic device for shifting the drivingbelt from a tight to a loose pulley, thus stopping the machine, or to a vibrating blade which by the action of the lever is caused to dip its edge in some marking-fluid and then press the same on the sheet of warp-threads, thus marking ofi' the cuts, or to any other devices vfor any purpose when such may be set in operation by the rods or wires connected to and operated by the measuring mechanism,

as aforesaid.

It is evident thatpby providing worm-wheels and chains of proper proportions and relations to the circumference of the measuringwheel the desired automatic action ofthe rods or wires on some part of the mechanism can be brought about at the moment'when a certain predetermined length of warp has passed through the machine. It is also evident'that any number of chains of any lengths can be connected to and operated by the measuringwheel,.thus automatically setting into action any number of mechanisms, each at its own and differing time, as may he desired. A cutmarker is shown in Fig. 12, consisting of a vessel, Q, suitably supported beneaththe yarn G at a point between the leasing mechanism and the measuring-wheel, and containing a staining-fluid, and a lever, R, adjacent to' the vessel, having a curved arm reaching over into the staining-duid. The other end of theV lever is connected by a rod or cord, r, with an elbow-lever, R', fulcrumed upon the frame of the measuring device and having one arm, r', lying close to the sprocket-wheel h, so as to be struck and moved by the lug or tappet B3 on the endless chain B. When the measuringwheel has made agiven number of revolutions, the tappet strikes the lever R', andthereby causes the curved end of lever R to rise against the yarn, thus staining it at given intervals.

The automatic stopping mechanismv shown in Fig. 13 consists of a belt-shipper, S, carrying an eye or guide, s, through which the belt runs, a spring, S, tending to throw the 4belt over on the loose pulley, a bolt, ',I, which normally engages with a lug, s2, on said beltshipper and holds it in the position in which IOO IIC

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- it is shown in Fig. 18, with the belt on the fast pulley, and suitableimechanism-such as an elbow-lever, U, and wireu-for communicating to the bolt the motion of an elbow-lever,

U', operated by a tappet, B3, on an endless chain, B2, said chain running over a sprocketwheel, h, on the axle ofthe measuring-wheel H. An adjustable collar, s', enables the tension of th'e'spring S to beregulated. When a given length of yarn has been measured off, the tappet B3 moves the lever U and withdraws the bolt T from the lug s2, thus allowing the spring S to act'and force the shipper-bar to the left, carrying the belt to theloosepulley and stopping the machine. j

A further improvement in my machine is in the balling apparatus. (Shown in Figs. 1 7,

8, 9, 10, and 11.)' The yarn, 'after passing over the measuring-wheel, is wound upon a yballinglroll, J, Fig. l, constructed and operated `flanged blocks j, which arel arranged to slide vertically on standards J3, erected ontheframe-work A. In its progress the skein passes through the eyesz" i?, formed on a bar,

I, the ofce of which is to guide the skein and build the ball onthe balling-roll.' The.guidcbar I is mounted upoua slide-block,r 0,.

A reciproends ofthe stroke,the guidearm'lis movably jy y `mountedo'n the studlV onthef block O, and" adapted to slide/on the bar A2. eating motiony is -imparted to the slide-block by means of a chain, P, having one'of its links formed into a stud, P', which engages with a cam-slot in thefblock O'in such manner that as the chain is carried around on therevolving sprocketwheels x a" the block is causedto traverseback and forth on the slide-bar' A2, as

aforesaid, and thereby to build the ball uponA the roll. The shaft of the wheel weXtends outthro'ugh the bar A3 and carries a sprocket-wheel, x2, which is connected by achain with a sprocket, m3, on the end of a shaft, w, running along the side of the frame-work A and provided at its other end with a bevel-gear, y. AOn the shaft of `the roll J is a similar bevel-gear, y', meshing with the gear 1, so that when the roll J3 is rotated the motion will be communicated through theshaft xt and Asprocket-s :vieri to the wheel x.` f

With the arrangement thus far described' there must be a'slowing up ofthe block at each end of its traverse, due to the passi-ng of v the stud P around the sprocket-wheels. Cerwill result if this slowing up can be obviated, f

" and itis even desirable that ay positive and considerable acceleration be given to the traversemotionfof the skeinfguideat eachen .of thestroke.l To accomplish both these results is the object 'of this part ,of my invention.

formation ofy thc cam-slotin the` block' O. (Shown in'detal in Fig. 9.)V Consider thechain P as moving in the direction of the `arrow in Fig. V7. As the stud Preaches thesprockctwheel x' and begins to reduce its rate of longi- `tudinal traverse it enters the inclined pory tion, O, of the cam-slot, which is so pro- 1' portioned that the traverse of the block is-increased as that of the stud is' decreased, and,

again, 'as the stud increases' `its traverse the yslot changes its direction of incline, to produce the opposite effect, V'the result lbeing a practicallyuniform vrate of traverse from and to theend of thestroke. To producethislef-` v fect'at each end of the traverse, it is necessary that' the inclines beoppositely arranged, as j" seen'in Fig. 7,'and to insure the entrancer of Athe stud P' into its properside of the slotl f v there is arranged'a pairiof'swinging wingguides or switclrpoints', O' O', which are held in .normal position'by the springs O2 O. A s

these guides can swing out of this, normalfposition in one direction only, itis evident that,

as indicated by the dottedlines, the,'stud must enter positively the side of the slot for which the guide is set, and that upon passingout of D this part of theslot the wing-guide is pushed aside as fthe stud passes, vand is returned by thespring to its normal position ready tov switch the stud into the other side of the slot.y

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ychain l?, it is-only necessary to lreversetheposition and action of theguides O' Of'to obtain f' Y ,O5

the same effect.

To obtain an acceleration 'of traverse atthe upon some part of the'frame of themachineis adjustably secured a pair of fingers or dogs,'

which are placed in such position within the path of motion4 of the arm I that Contact ,ensues, whereby at each end of the traverse ithe eye i, 'delivering' andl feeding theskein to the lballing-roll, is accelerated in its motion, prov ducing certain desiredl results in building the ball onthe roll.

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in a plate formedat Ythe base of the finger, andl Va nut, n, -screwed upon said stud'and clamping the plate to thebar A3, whereby upon loosening the nut the finger can be turnedpnthe nut. AIt is evident'these may b ,esofplacedthat'y 1 the arm I, coming incontat w-iththemi upon approaching the end of the 'traverse'will be j' swung yaround on` the stud I', advancingftherk eye i, as shown'by the dotted-lineposition 'inl'Kv Fig. 10 and as described. The amount of this accelerated motion can be varied by changing f: v` i Vthe positions of the fingers in relationftothe 76 Y lThe slow-ingup is prevented bythexpeculiar v i stud and:again clamped byscrewing upthe f skein may be divided into any number of` parts and each part wound separately. For

,convenience of making these variations and adjustments I employ a detachable link-chain and mount the sprocket-wheels on studs o2, projecting from blocks o, which are also provided with studs o', passing through slots in the bar A3, the blocks being clamped to the bar by nuts p, screwed upon said studs o,whereby the sprocket-wheels can be adj usted nearer together or farther apart, as desired.

What I claim isl. The combination, with a creel having a brake mechanism to retard the revolution of the spools, of a warping-machine having two rolls, under which pass the threads ofthe skein, and an intermediate rising roll,over which said threads pass, means for automatically raising said roll to take up the slack when the tension ofthe skein is lessened, and mechanism connecting said roll with the brake mechanism of the creel, whereby the revolution of the spools is retarded when the roll rises, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a warping-machine, the combination, with the rolls D2 D, journaled in stationary bearings, of the roll D', a vertically-movable frame, D.in which'roll D is journaled,counter Weights D5, connected with said frame D,rock

shaft K5, arm or lever K, arm K', rod K', lever K, sliding bar N,wedge N creel C, and bar M, provided with pin M and brakestuds M, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. The combination, in a warping-machine provided with a leasing device, of a set of drawing-rolls, one of which is movable,a creel having a brake mechanism, and suitable levers connected with each other and with the movable roll and the brake mechanism for automatically taking up the slack and applying the brakes when the machine is stopped to tie a thread, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with frame or box L, carrying the needles E, of polygonal roller F, handwheel X, sliding bars F', connecting-rods F2, shaft F3, cranks F, and hooks F5, whereby the roller is locked at its highest point, substantially'as shown and described.

5. The combination,with the chain P,having the stud P', and the supporting and actuating Wheels for said chain, of the block O,having the cam-groove, and switchpoints O', springs O2, and guidebar I, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with block O,means for reciprocating the same, and guide-bar I, pivoted on said block, of stops or fingers A, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination,with chain P and itsstud P and wheels a: of slide-block O, having the i cam-groove, the switch-points O', springs O, the pivoted guide-bar I, and the fingers or stops A, substantially as and for the purpose described.

EPHRAIM E. ORRELL.

Witnesses:

JAMES E. CLARK, ALLEN W. BOWEN. 

